Captive chimpanzee foraging in a social setting: a test of problem solving, flexibility, and spatial discounting

In the wild, primates are selective over the routes that they take when foraging and seek out preferred or ephemeral food. Given this, we tested how a group of captive chimpanzees weighed the relative benefits and costs of foraging for food in their environment when a less-preferred food could be ob...

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Main Authors: Lydia M. Hopper, Laura M. Kurtycz, Stephen R. Ross, Kristin E. Bonnie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2015-03-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/833.pdf